DotA Utilities

A darkness who was ancient even in the early days of the world's existence, Mercurial is the embodiment of rage and vengeance in the souls of those long dead. Haunting her enemies with relentless fervor, she is able to throw a dagger-like projectile that allows her to chase her prey beyond physical boundaries, and the fear and the desolation struck in the hearts of those who have the misfortune of encountering her alone is a pain impossible to withstand. Spectre's thirst for destruction is insatiable, and the upcoming struggle seems to be just what she was waiting for.

Dispersion (I) Reduces and causes any damage taken by Mercurial to be reflected onto all enemies in a 1000 AoE. Level 1 - 5% of damage. Level 2 - 10% of damage. Level 3 - 15% of damage.Level 4 - 20% of damage. Mana Cost: N/A Cooldown: N/AComment: Good skill against channelers like voljin rylai we are going to max this first for defensive purposes.

Haunt (T)Creates a haunting image beside each enemy hero. These images are uncontrollable, take 200% damage, deal 40% damage and each of them will attack only its pair. Images also have the dispersion ability. Cooldown goes down with level. Level 1 - Lasts 4 seconds. Level 2 - Lasts 5 seconds. Level 3 - Lasts 6 seconds.Haunt has a 1 second delay during which they fade in before the images start attacking the targets Mana Cost: 150 Cooldown: 120Comment: Your Ultimate skill this can finish off heroes with 1/4 health this skill is a free maphack. Use Reality to transfer with your illusions and use spectraldagger for the win.

Early Game:

Most Important items in surviving Early game

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Self Explanatory Bracers give good Hp rather than wraiths. Boots is always needed by any hero. Chickens are for faster transport. Ring of Regeneration is for hp recovery. Tangoes are for Hp recovery since Spectre is very fragile.

EARLY GAME(1-6)

As you choose spectre buy some tangoes a chicken and proceed with any lane you wish to choose. If your laning with somebody be sure to dominate the lanes so your enemies wont farm well. If your alone and facing a meelee hero Last hit and deny is all that your going to do because of Spectres high attackspeed she should farm well easily. If facing a nuker just stay back your range creep and last hit or hug your tower so the enemy nuker wont chase you to death. Dont forget to buy a Ring if you didnt consider getting tangoes

If you farmed well this should be your Inventory

We wont be getting Ring of Bassilus since we wont spam Spectral dagger keep that in mind ok.

KILLING TIME

Killing with Spectre is more noobish than Zeus. Ok First look for a Half healthed hero think it over and over if you can kill him/her a failed attempt can cause you your own demise. Start out with Haunt then reality to your Illusion he should be running with a few whacks throw in a spectral dagger chase for the kill then you will be 100gold richer and happier

Summary in Killing

1.Find a 1/2 health hero that you can take on.

2. Quickly Cast Haunt and let it have a few whacks.

3. Reality Next to him/her little mor whacks then spectral dagger for the win.

With a Team mate

1.Tell your team mate that you will be ganking if he/she has a stun let them go first./p>

2.Haunt Few whacks then Reality.

3.Spectral Dagger and You or your team mate should have a kill.

Spectre's Role in Mass gangbanging

Her role is simply to slow a hero or Haunt a hero for thier location but more importantly she is a hero assasin herself.

END OF EARLY GAME

Mid Game:

MIDGAME (7-15)

If you farmed right and ganked well you should have these items

Spectre's Mid game is all about 3 things

1.Farming

2.Ganking

3.Pushing

With Diffusal and Spectres Attack speed farming will be a breeze for her and so is Ganking.

Pushing

In early game you and your team mates should have taken down all Lvl1 towers in Mid game pushing is the key of winning.Dota players tend to forget this and brag about killing rights remember 1000Kills and 0 deaths dont mean a thing if your Frozenthrone/World tree is destroyed.

Pushing will be easy lane with an ally and start pushing towers fast, 2-5 minutes is the common time of pushing while nobody is defending. Your Pushing should attract some attention and they will defend so what do you do? Use your improved Killing and Ganking Skills.

NEW COMBO

Haunt-> Reality-> Spectral Dagger-> Purge-> Chase and Kill

Full Hp Heroes

1. Whack a few times

2. Spectral dagger as a nuke

3.Whack again a few times

4.Spectral dagger and purge for the kill

1/2 HP HEROES

Either A.

1.Haunt and Reality

2.Spectral Dagger

3.After using the dagger Purge for the kill

B.

1.Hit for a few times

2.Spectral dagger

3.Purge and chase for the kill

TEAM GANKING

1.Notify and Ask your Ally to go first if she or he has a stun or slow

2.Once both of you are there Surely your ally will be duking it out with the enemy

3.Haunt Asap and reality next to him/her

4.Purge and chase this should give you or your team mate the kill and expierience.

PURGE USES

Purge is what makes Spectre a team player or a Soloer

The uses

1.Saving Allies

2.Removing Skills doom poison etc.

3.Solo Kill or Team Kill.

Remember to finish all the charges before upgrading to manta since all charges count.

These should be your items

END OF MIDGAME

Late Game:

LATEGAME(16-25)

The defining moment of Spectre, as you know Spectre is a late game hero she sucks early game but comebacks strong in Mid and Late this all depends in your farming and Ganking

Whats next to get?

1. Vanguard has a nice synergy with dispersion i usually get this to boost Spectre's Hp after getting Manta this isnt hard to farm.

2. Tarasque this is for tanking or incase you dont get Vanguard.

3.Buriza This is for damage since Images bennefit from Crits.

4. Boots of Travel for pushing and defending also for killing since the speed stacks with the images i usually get this after tarasque or vanguard because defending is a must in late game

SUMMARY ON WHAT TO GET

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THEN

THEN

Not much to say after you get Manta and tarasque or vanguard the game should end

So in short Spectre should do this

1. Farm Less

2.Gank and Team Battles

3.Push like crazy

4.Defend

The only Tip i can give you is stay with your team mates because all of your enemies have good items or completed thier core itmes so be careful DYING IS NOT FUN IN LATE GAME.

Manta is a very good item for spectre since illusions gain bennefit from feed back and they got all her passive skills not to mention they get increase speed in spectral dagger

Manta for escaping?

Yes Manta is also for escaping once your in low health use manta and spectral dagger send all your illusions in diffrent directions to confuse the enemy or just simply do this

Manta-> Spectral Dagger -> Escape like there is no tommorow

END OF LATE GAME

Conclusion:

NOOBS SECTION

An alternative Build incase you dont want Manta Please i hardly recommend this

Why the skills?

Spectral dagger is your nuke and chasing skill, Dispersion is for Defense, Haunt in level 6 can net you first blood and desolate is effective mid game. May i remind you Spectral dagger is also for escaping.

Why not desolate in Early game?

No because do you expect that you can kill an enemy with out help from your ally in early game Desolate is only i reapeat effective in MID to LATE game.

Why Manta?

Manta has good synergy with your ulti and images bennefit from feed back and be aware they images has Dispersion and desolate not to mention they have increase speed when using Spectral dagger.

What not to Get

Eos is too much expensive dont get int items you wont need it Mjolnir i dont like it even with increased IAS Midas is also a waste of time and gold.

DR/AEGIS

You can get this if you have time and gold.

Further use of Spectral dagger and Haunt

Spectral dagger gives you zero collision, this means you can move like ghost imagine moving to a cliff by passing through it.

As for Haunt it can be a good use for Map hack hehe

Spectral dagger Escaping tips

At my recent activity i found out a way to use Spectral dagger for escaping effectively example, Spectre uses the spectral dagger to escape through a cliff. This is possible how you ask by shift clicking.

Shift Clicking!!

Yes you can use Shift clicking for escaping its easy press shift and right click you will see some marks yes marks like a spear mark where you shift click sounds confusing eh but you should try. I suggest practicing in your fountain first Shift clicking makes spectre do a diffrent approach in moving.

How do you master Shift Clicking?

The easiest way to master this is to practice it in the fountain, You see the big rock in your fountain Use spectral dagger there and shift click spectre should move through if you made a mistake Spectre will go around the rock. Try it on diffrent areas on the map so you can get a hang of it.

What are the skills that Dispersion disperse?

1.Freezing field

2. Death ward

3.Epicenter

4.Soul steal

5.Nightmare- you cant disperse this

6.Requiem of Souls

7. Shackles

8. Blade fury- It can but Yurnero will not take damage

9.Frost Bite

10.Over Growth

11. Fiends Grip

12. Counter Helix

13. Spirit Bears Entangle

14.Ignite

15.Black Hole

16.Malefice

17. Avalanche

18.Fire pandas immolation

19.Diabolic Edict

20.Decriptify+Nether Blast- She can disperse the whole thing or take less damage

21.Rot

22. Reapers Scythe

23.Shadow weave

24. Doom

25.Static Field

26. Geo strike

27.Fatal bonds

28. Shadow word

29. Infernals Immolation

30.Rupture

Note: She can disperse this skill nulling them or she takes less damage.

Concluding Section

Good Allies and Bad Enemies

And many moreyou guys should know what to do

Enemies

Early game nukers and Heroes that can out last you.

I hope you learned something from spectre she isnt your average hero i hope people get to play her more often.

Thanks to:

Dota strategy for making this guide.

To all dota players out there keep rocking \m/.

Reminder

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